After facing widespread backlash for labeling victims of the Texas mass shooting “illegal immigrants,” Gov. Greg Abbott backtracked Monday.
A spokesperson said the third-term Republican has since learned that at least one of the victims may have been in the country legally and regrets “if the information was incorrect and detracted from the important goal of finding and arresting the criminal” responsible.
Critics quickly decried the governor’s focus on immigration status as dehumanizing, and at least one activist took to Twitter to say the information is inaccurate. “Five human beings lost their lives and Greg Abbott insists on labeling them ‘illegal immigrants,’” said Castro, who served as the federal housing and urban development secretary, on Twitter.
“The true focus remains on catching this heinous criminal who killed five innocent people and bringing the full weight of Texas law against him,” Abbott spokesperson Renae Eze said in a written statement.
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